The Asia Pacific Tourism Association (APTA) is an internationally acclaimed association in the field of tourism and hospitality. A conference is held annually and a SSCI listed journal (Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, APJTR) is published. Its quality research papers are distributed all over the world.

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The aims of APTA are to facilitate quality tourism and hospitality research, especially, in Asia-Pacific area, to share research achievements and to exchange ideas between academics and their counterparts in the business world.

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The idea of the association was first initiated by Dr. Hai-SikSohn, Professor emeritus of Dong-A University, Korea with recognized scholars in Asia Pacific Region. The inaugural conference of APTA was held in Busan, Korea on September 21-24, 1995. The annual APTA conference has been held now for over two decades and established itself as one of the most important tourism/hospitality conference in the region.